Improvement in supports for canopies, curtains



5. B.'H0LMES.

lmpovement in Supports for Canopies, Curtains, Lof

N0. 128,041. Patented1une18,1872.

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Y tratin g my invention.

UNLIEEE STATES f PATENT' OFFICE.

J. EUR'I HoLMEs, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN SUPPORTS FOR C ANOPIES, CURTAINS, ac.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 128,041, dated June 18,1872.

and I do hereby declare the following to be a clear and exactdescription of the nature thereof, sufficient to enable others skilledin the art to which my invention appertains to fully understand, make,and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing makingpart of this specification, in which- Figure l is a side view of thedevice illus- Fig. 2 is an end view thereof. j

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the twofigures.

This invention relates to a device to be secured to a bedstead orelsewhere for supporting or suspending a canopy, curtain, or othercovering. It consists in so constructing the cross-piece or arm fromwhich the article depends that the weight thereof will be but partiallysustained at the joint between said arm or cross-piece and its standard,and is also distributed over the latter, whereby the said cross-piece isfirmly held extended in place without liability to breakage or weakeningof the joint. It. also consists in the combination of parts to form anadjustable support.

Referring to the drawing, A represents a bracket, which is to be securedto any proper part of a bedstead, other piece of furniture, orelsewhere, and on or through said bracket slides a standard, B Crepresents a crosspiece, which is adapted to be supported horizontallyor obliquely on the standard B. The standard is provided with a seriesof openings, so as to be adjustable on the bracket, and will be held inplace by means of a pin or bolt passing through the bracket andstandard. It should be of sucient length to properly elevate the canopy,curtain, tent, or other of metal or other material bent or formed inA toshape to conform to that of the cross-piece and hinged to the top of thestandard, and, while Asaid retainer permits longitudinal move ments ofthe cross-piece, the latter is firmly held on the standard and preventedfrom displacement. A tongue and groove, respective 1y, may, however, beformed in the standard and cross-piece to accomplish the same result.The end of the cross-piece may have a tongue, G, which enters a slot, a,in the standard, and by means of a screw, bolt, or other fastening, H,passing through the standard and tongue, the cross-piece is fixed inposition. A series its upper end, so that the end of the crosspiecewhich is attached to the standard may be raised and lowered, whereby theend of the cross-piece which supports the article to be elevated may becorrespondingly raised p and lowered. In this operation the cross-piecemustbe moved longitudinally on its point of bearing, so that theattachment or fasteningbolt H may be introduced in such of the openingsb in the standard as will elevate or lower the free end of thecross-piece. This adjustment .will be found useful in cases where thebedstead or other piece of furniture or place of attachment of thesupport is low and the ceiling high, and vice versa.

It will be seen that the connection between the cross-piece and standardis strong and reliable, and overcomes the weak joint usual in angulararms employed for purposes similar to mine.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The cross-piece C continued beyond its bearing. on the standard B,and having its end secured to said standard at some point of the lengthof the latter, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The adjustable standard B, adjustable cross-piece C, and the retainerF, combined and operating substantially in the manner and for thepurpose described.

The above signed by me this 18th day of May, 1872.

J. BURT HOLMES. Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDEEsHEIM, JACOB E. SGHIEDI.

of openings, b, is made in the standard near

